Alcalá View 1996 13.4

SOBA Secretary a 'True Rock' By Jill Wagner

New Hires and Promotions (Continued from page one) office; -Manuel Medina., custodi- al services; Sister Juanita Meyer, C.S.J., institutional research; Beth Purcell, devel- opment; Heidi Carty, academic computing; Lauren Cooley, planned giving; Wendy Guthrie, athletics; John McCluskey Jr., bursar's office; Cynthia Slaughter, paralegal program; Sean Fitting, legal research center; Cathy Lucas, human resources; Rodney Miller, legal research center; Robert Mitchell, main dining room; Jamie Ortiz, paralegal pro- gram; Katie Stone, registrar's office; and Sarah Winston, legal research center. Congratulations to the fol- lowing employees who recently .received promotions: Mary Burgan, data process- ing assistant in academic computing; Steven Glover, master emftsperson in heaflftg and utilities; Jeff Hardick, mas- ter craftsperson in building maintenance; Eloise Manker, executive assistant in capital programs; Don Wroncy, master craftsperson in building main- tenance; Glenda Blain, lead computer operator in under- graduate admissions; Frank Romani, executive assistant in the bursar's office; and William Staninger, library assistant in Copley Library. Passages Deaths Edward Yard, father of Sally Yard, chair of the fine arts department, in November. Classifieds For Rent. 2 bedroom/2 bath corner house near Clairemont Square Shopping Center. Large fenced yard. Washer and dryer. On bus line to USO. Call Maria at 443-8894. For Sale. '7 4 VW Super Beetle. Great commuter car. Excellent sound system. $2,995. Call Susan at ext. 4659. For Sale. Immaculate condo, 1,550 sq. ft., overlooking Escondido Country Club golf course. Many upgrades, great view. $139,990. Contact Dave McCluskey at ext. 4652.

won campus-wide recognition for her dedi- cation when she was named a finalist for the Manuel Hernandez Employee of the Year In nominating Peters for the award, one faculty member said, "As a junior facu lty member, I had to be educated about all the daily ins and outs of how things get done. Award.

The youthful Margaret Peters works in an Olin Hall office surrounded by comput- ers, copy machines and other high tech paraphernalia of the '90s. Seeing her buzz about the staff room, attending to the needs of facu lty members or directing work study students, it's hard to imagine she remembers

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the days of crank-arm ditto

Inevitably I would walk over to Margaret with a somewhat perplexed look. Never once did she snap at me or make me feel like 'two-and-a-half cents waiting for change.' Margaret is a true rock. She never com- plains. Her work product is superb and she is always cheer-

machines.

"I can remember when we would type on thermal fax paper, the white sheets with purple ink, and run them off on the ditto machine," Peters recalls. "There was fluid in the machine and you would crank

to roll the copy out." ful." Peters joined the School of Margaret Peters in her Olin Hall

That cheerfulness becomes

more than apparent when Peters begins to talk about her work provid- ing support to the facu lty and students in the undergraduate honor society Beta Alpha Psi. It is so rewarding to work with students and watch them grow, she says. "I'll always remember attending the Beta Alpha Psi banquets. Seeing the students being initiat- ed into the organization was like seeing my own children up there."

Business Administration staff office . 20 years ago as a part-time faculty secretary. She also was a full-time mom, raising two daughters who were in elementary school. Fortunately the school grew at about the rate of her kids and by 1986, Peters was ready to go full-time when the increased number of faculty needed additional sup- port. She has earned the praise of co-workers since arriving at Alcala Park and this year

Look Here for Your SEA Reps A sizable crowd of staff members packed into the final meeting of the Staff

Rosemary Dyresen Anastasia Hyll Liz Maesias Bill Cronan Robert Sporaco Becky Gilbert Kily Jones Kay Norton Amanda Ryan Ana Schafer Kirsten Strople Cynthia Thomas Pauline Thonnard Theresa Waldhoff

Hughes Center Hughes Center Hughes Center Physical Plant Physical Plant Copley Library University Center Founders Hall

Employees Association last month when new representatives were named to two-year terms. The board members represent the various buildings on campus, acting as spokespeople for the staff employees in their workplace and as liaisons between the asso- ciation and their co-workers. Staff employees are encouraged to seek out SEA reps with suggestions or questions about work policies, social events or other issues of concern. Have a grievance that you would rather not take to your supervisor? Have a great idea for a staff get-together? Call your representative. Here are the 1997-98 SEA board repre- sentatives: Amy Beck

Olin Hall Bookstore Maher Hall Loma Hall

Sports Center Harmon Hall The association 's annual holiday party takes the place of its December meeting (see page two for details). Regular meetings will resume in January, the second Wednesday of every month at 2 p.m. in Hahn University Center. The newly elected officers and repre- sentatives will begin their terms next month.

Guadalupe Hall Guadalupe Hall Housing Hughes Center

Mary Quick Kay Brown Yolanda Castro